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September 27, 2006
Flattery or Laziness? Plagiarism on Craigslist
This one's good for a chuckle...We know most brokers aren't known for being wordsmiths, but evidently some are lazier than others. On Sunday, Chris Pepe of N.C. Pepe wrote a help-wanted ad on Craigslist. In his original message (which has now been edited but we've got a screen shot of the original), he tells potential applicants to send a cover letter and resume to sperez@aptsandlofts.com! Seems strange to send potential hires to a competitor until you realize that much of the text of the ad, including the list of qualifications, had been lifted verbatim from an earlier Aptsandlofts ad. Nice.
Leading W'burg RE Firm Looking for Agents [Craigslist]
Comments
Thank you Brownstoner!
Posted by: David Maundrell at September 27, 2006 10:25 AM
why are they asking for emails to go to apts and lofts if this is for Pepe? have they merged? yukums
Posted by: Anonymous at September 27, 2006 12:46 PM
That's the whole point. NC Pepe just cut and pasted the text from an Aptsandlofts ad into their own ad but forgot to change the email address.
Posted by: brownstoner at September 27, 2006 1:10 PM
Busted. That's good stuff.
Posted by: Anonymous at September 27, 2006 1:51 PM
Can you please tell me where it says to respond to someone at aptsandlofts? Because I think I'm lost. I clicked on the link below and it doesn't say anything about it. So what's your point HONEY??
Don't you think you should concentrate on your own business?? Kisses ;)
Posted by: Katie at September 27, 2006 2:04 PM
katie:
the link is the updated one they fixed. brownstoner took a screen shot of the plagiarized one and if you look right above the broker's name it says to email the resume to aptsandlofts.com. now apologize for your nastiness.
Posted by: anon at September 27, 2006 2:19 PM
This is Tooo Funny!!
Posted by: Jodi A. Craine at September 27, 2006 2:57 PM
That is tooo funny! I wonder if aptsandlofts.com got any hires out of it. And they didn't have to even pay for the AD! What a great gift to give to your competitor... Here ya go--employees for you + I'll pay for you ad... All because... I like you, I plagiarize, and I'm dopey. Cheaters never win. Priceless!
Ha!
Posted by: Anonymous at September 27, 2006 3:45 PM
I don't think aptsandlofts.com considers Pepe a competitor. But isnt that name Pepe funny!
Posted by: Ken Firpo at September 28, 2006 8:21 PM
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